diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/iterator/deref.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/iterator/deref.hpp
index 9819e034..8236fe5c 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/iterator/deref.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/iterator/deref.hpp
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion
     deref(Iterator const& i)
     {
         typedef result_of::deref<Iterator> deref_meta;
-        typename deref_meta::type result(deref_meta::call(i));
-        return result;
+        return deref_meta::call(i);
     }
 
     template <typename Iterator>
diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/iterator/detail/distance.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/iterator/detail/distance.hpp
index d41d4c2e..2ee467d6 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/iterator/detail/distance.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/iterator/detail/distance.hpp
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion { namespace distance_detail
         static type
         call(First const&, Last const&)
         {
-            static type result;
-            return result;
+            return type();
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/sequence/container/list/cons.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/sequence/container/list/cons.hpp
index 8be6b239..c3de861d 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/sequence/container/list/cons.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/sequence/container/list/cons.hpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion
         template <typename Sequence>
         explicit cons(
             Sequence const& seq
-#if defined(BOOST_MSVC)
+//~ #if defined(BOOST_MSVC)
 // VC++ gets confused when RHS is a derived type. It fails to call
 // the copy ctor and attempts to call this templated constructor instead.
           , typename disable_if<
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion
                   , is_convertible<Sequence, Car>  // use copy to car instead
                 > 
             >::type* dummy = 0
-#endif
+//~ #endif
         )
             : car(*fusion::begin(seq))
             , cdr(fusion::next(fusion::begin(seq)), mpl::true_()) {}